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TIL Dr Pepper was designed to be drank hot, as well as cold.

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epNG5 TIL about the All-American Basketball Alliance, a white-only basketball league proposed in 2010 by boxing promoter Don Lewis. After being decried by mayors and colleges in the cities where teams were proposed, as well as by national media figures, the idea was abandoned.
5VWg8 TIL Maria Riva, daughter of Marlena Dietrich, is considered to be the first person to have a career spanning nine decades.
B4OW TIL a US Army pack mule that was shipped to Asia during WWII was captured by Americans six years later during the Korean War. The mule likely served in three different wars (WWII, Chinese Civil War, Korean War) and for three different armies (US, Nat. Chinese, Communist Chinese).
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